Morning Coffee (4/26/19)

Friday happy link time! I'm writing this Thursday night because I will be ON A PLANE when it posts, but by the time you're reading it there will be NEW TAYLOR MUSIC OUT, THE HAPPIEST OF OCCASIONS, GO GET IT.

HAHAHA: Avengers: Endgame Cast Sings "We Didn't Start the Fire"

!!! Possible 'marsquake' detected for first time on red planet

Oh neat: The New Hampshire Fisher Cats Go Organic

SO CUTE: It’s (Nearly) Prince Louis’s First Birthday and We Got New Pictures

!!! YES. I AM FREAKING OUT. McDonald's is bringing its iconic Dutch Stroopwafel McFlurry to America — and people are freaking out

This sounds fun: Star Trek Animated Series in Development at Nickelodeon

Interesting: Skyhorse Forms Arcade CrimeWise

Australian ship discovered off Victoria 77 years after Japanese submarine attack

I'm not even particularly into DD, but I kinda want these? Dunkin’s New Lip Balms Are Essentially Spreadable Munchkins

I love this: Blake Lively Used to Wear Forever 21 on Red Carpets and Lie and Say It Was Vintage

Morning Coffee (3/27/19)

The Trump administration wants all of Obamacare overturned by the courts

Lawmakers denounce plan to divert military money for wall

UGH: U.S. expands abortion 'gag rule,' cuts funding to regional bloc: Pompeo

Of course: Interior Nominee Intervened to Block Report on Endangered Species

New York Suburb Declares Measles Emergency, Barring Unvaccinated Children From Public

OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma is being held accountable for the opioid epidemic

And: Museums Cut Ties With Sacklers as Outrage Over Opioid Crisis Grows

How Democrats can defeat Trump and his ugly ideas, according to Pete Buttigieg

Prosecutors drop all charges against Jussie Smollett

Oh no: Good Lord, Avengers: Endgame Will Be More Than Three Hours Long

Morning Coffee (1/13/15)

I'm running late but SO MUCH EXCITEMENT today. Okay.

First: New Avengers trailer!

Second: Holly Black's The Darkest Part of the Forest is out today and it's incredible and you should go read it immediately.

Third: Robin Wasserman's first adult book is coming out next year and I am already beside myself with excitement.

Fourth: Get your Converse ready to win a copy of Susan Adrian's awesome debut novel Tunnel Vision next Tuesday!

Fifth: Colbert's Late Show will premiere on September 8th!

Sixth: New Kelly Clarkson song!

Seventh: Arthur is doing Downton Abbey!!

Eighth: Don't forget to save Alice!!!

Morning Coffee (2/25/14)

Sorry for the radio silence yesterday - I was home sick and mostly sleeping.

Good news: Johnny Weir and Tara Lipinski may be doing Oscar red carpet coverage.

The Black Widow movie is not quite confirmed but getting there.

Fed Up with Harassment, Author Reveals Her Cyberstalker

Did you read that very long "Invisible Child" series in the Times? Now children are being removed from that shelter.

Entertainment Tonight will stop using pictures of celebrity children taken without consent. Good for them.

I hope this doesn't happen because then I would feel compelled to watch it.

Here is a trailer for a film that consists entirely of Tom Hardy in a car.

The Teenage Wasteland

Friday Distraction: Sesame Street Musical Parodies

Unfortunately, they've disabled embedding on this, but it's absolutely worth your time: Head over to Entertainment Weekly to watch Cookie Monster and Grover do musical parodies of current pop culture including The Hunger Games, The Avengers, Doctor Who, and The Newsroom. Seriously. Grover is the Doctor. Cookie Monster is Will McAvoy. IT'S INCREDIBLE.

Morning Coffee (5/8/12)

I was up way too late talking about Castle, so this morning has been slow and sleepy and this will be quick.

Speaking of Castle, here's the scene you want to be watching on repeat and Marisa Roffman's great postmortem with Andrew Marlowe.

Possibly the best xkcd ever: Every Major's Terrible

Tiny Kitten Develops the Cutest Case of Hiccups Ever

Pentagon Quit The Avengers Because of Its ‘Unreality’

The 6 Best Pages of Henry Blodget’s 6-Page Article About Zuckerberg (UPDATE: Real Time Arguments From Nick Denton)

Morning Coffee (4/26/12)

Two interesting and important readings on race, TV, and criticism: Mo Ryan's HBO's 'Girls' Isn't Racist, Television Is Racist (And Sexist) and Noel Murray's Our “white people problems” problem: Why it’s time to stop using “white” as a pejorative

This list looks amazing and I want to read practically everything on it: Your Summer Beach Reading List for 2012

For Chrissakes, There Is Nothing Wrong With You: A Dating Manifesto

I was just yesterday contemplating what would be the song of the summer, and Vulture has an interesting analysis of past summer songs. I was semi-convinced it would be "What Makes You Beautiful" or "Glad You Came," but after reading that, I might be pulling for "Call Me Maybe."

Today in fans being awful: Female Reviewer Gets Attacked for Avengers Review

YA author Sarah Darer Littman has a good take on what's wrong with Fifty Shades of Grey. Hint: It has little to do with the fact that it's badly written or explicit or started as fanfic.

How Syfy Will Bring Science Fiction Back to Television

Nathan Fillion & Robert Downey, Jr. in Castle/Avengers Promo

Oh, this was just DELIGHTFUL:

Well played, Marvel.

Last night I saw the best set of red carpet interviews I've ever seen: at Marvel.com's livestream of the The Avengers premiere. Before last night, I didn't really even care about the movie. Because of Joss, and because it has some actors I've liked in other things, I figured I'd Netflix it eventually, but I wasn't all that interested. But one of my good friends is really into it, so I figured I'd put on the livestream to keep him company while I did stuff around the house last night. (Okay, the seemingly-unfounded rumor that Nathan Fillion would show up didn't hurt.) And you know what? It completely converted me. The hosts asked interesting, relevant questions. They got witty, well-thought-out replies. And now I really want to see the movie. I watch a lot of red carpet interviews of various sorts, and they have never before made me eager to consume a product I didn't care about before. That is how you have your hosts behave, and that is how you promote a movie. Good job, all.